Vol 48 Issue 05

Last time we reported that Rev. H. Veldman planned to undergo surgery on November 4. We’re happy to note, from the bulletin of his congregation, that “the operation was successful and his condition is as well as can be expected.” It was anticipated that he would be absent from the pulpit for about a month. Following Rev. D. Engelsma’s decline of the call to Redlands, the consistory there made a new trio consisting of Rev. R. Harbach, Rev J. Heys, and Rev. G. VanBaren.

A Theology Of The Holy Spirit A THEOLOGY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, by Frederick bale Bruner; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan; 390 pp., $8.95.

There were two conferences recently held in the United Kingdom which will be of interest to our readers.

Wives, be subject unto your husbands. Husbands, love your wives. Isn’t it something how the Holy Spirit always touches us where it hurts? What we are most inclined to do, what comes naturally, we are either forbidden or warned not to do.

The second condemnable aspect of the text of these Bibles is still worse. The unfaithful translation could be ascribed to carelessness, serious enough because we are supposed to have such reverence for God’s Word that we tremble at it (see Isaiah 66:2). But there is also in The Greatest is Love and Reach Out a systematic, deliberate falsification of those words of God which the producers of these Bibles do not like.

December 1, 1971 Dear Brethren and Sister in the Lord:

[Editor’s Note: Responsible for the following report are six of the students of our Prot. Ref. Theological School: Messrs. Wayne Bekkering, Arie den Hartog, Mark Hoeksema, Marvin Kamps, James Slopsema, and Ronald Van Overloop.]

R.E.S. OR W.C.C. Our readers, generally speaking, are aware of the fact that the Gereformeerde Kerken in the Netherlands (The Reformed Churches) are members of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod (R.E.S.) and have stated officially that they see no obstacle to membership in the World Council of Churches (W.C.C.) This question of dual membership is scheduled for discussion at the meeting of the R.E.S. in Australia in August of 1972. The Orthodox Presbyterian Church is asking the R.E.S. to declare that membership in the R.E.S.

What has been happening in New Zealand? Do you ever hear anything from the brethren of the Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of Australasia? Has there been any progress on their part, and have they succeeded at all in their struggle against the errant views of Dr. Runia? Questions of this kind are directed to me every now and then. And so I thought it was about time that our readers be informed of developments there.

What has been happening in New Zealand? Do you ever hear anything from the brethren of the Reformed and Presbyterian Fellowship of Australasia? Has there been any progress on their part, and have they succeeded at all in their struggle against the errant views of Dr. Runia? Questions of this kind are directed to me every now and then. And so I thought it was about time that our readers be informed of developments there.